OLD TESTAMENT

Nehemiah 5:17

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Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, in addition to those who came to us from among the nations that were around us.

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Verse 17. Men, my brethren, not ( Calmet.) Persians. Grot.—Them; ambassadors. Menochius.—If Nehemias behaved with such generosity for twelve years, he must have been very rich; or he received a great pension from the king, or voluntary and abundant contributions from the rich.

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